The Chief of Staff of the Army asked his Sergeant Major, who was both Ranger and Special Forces qualified, which organization he would recommend to form a new anti-terrorist unit: “If there were a hijacked Boeing 747 being held by terrorists along with its passengers and crew, and an anti-terrorist unit formed either by the Rangers or the Special Forces was given a Rescue/Recovery Mission, what would you expect to happen?” The Sergeant Major responded to the General's question:
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If Special Forces went in, they would send only a 12-man team (all SF units are
divisible by 12 for some arcane historical reason) however, due to the exotic
nature of their equipment the SF Team would cost the same amount to deploy as
the Ranger Company.
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of Operation:
The Rescue/Recovery Operation would take two weeks to complete and by that time
all of the terrorists would have been killed, (and would have left signed
confessions); the passengers would be ruined psychologically for the remainder
of their lives; and all of the women passengers would be pregnant.
The 747 would be essentially unharmed, the team would have taken no
casualties but would have used up, lost, or stolen all the "high
speed" equipment issued to them.
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